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In 2012, a shaky video made it from the shores of an Icelandic lake to the international media. This video originally appeared on Slate Video A government investigation carried out by the Fljotsdalsherao municipal council in Iceland has ruled that a legendary sea serpent named Lagarfljotsormurinn, which is rumoured to inhabit Lake Lagarfljot, actually exists.

Good news for men (and women), researchers have just discovered that oral sex is literally good for women’s health and makes them feel happier. A wide range of chemicals in semen “promote mental well-being and feelings of affection”, say scientists. The research shows that semen actually contains chemicals that literally elevate mood, increase affection, improve sleep

Four former street dogs dutifully waited alongside the tennis court while two internationally ranked players participated in an exhibition match at the Brazil Open in Sao Paulo. The pups’ job: to play ball boy and collect stray tennis balls. As soon as a ball hit the net or bounced off the court, the dogs, Frida,

Your baby, even when in the womb, has preferences. A new study published in PLOS One found that fetuses move and respond more when their mothers touch their own stomachs than when they talk to the babies from outside the womb, according to Time magazine. Specifically, researchers found that when mothers touched their stomachs fetuses

I have always fantasized about having the same powers as Doctor Dolittle — mostly because knowing exactly what animals are thinking and feeling would be some really valuable information to have. For instance, why does my dog bark at the vacuum cleaner or hide in a corner whenever the lightest bit of rain starts to fall?

Composer Jim Wilson has recorded the sound of crickets and then slowed down the recording, revealing something so amazing. The crickets sound like they are singing the most angelic chorus in perfect harmony. Though it sounds like human voices, everything you hear in the recording is the crickets themselves. The recording contains two tracks played

You’ve likely always suspected your cat is pretty smart. So when headlines this week proclaimed that a new study out of Japan’s Kyoto University found cats understand physics, you were probably pretty psyched. Maybe you even shared the news with friends who doubt your cat’s mental prowess. But before you rename your cat Isaac Mewton (unless that’s

Back in 2004, scientists found some fossils of ancient humans on a small island called Flores, in Indonesia. What was really exciting was that these humans were tiny compared to every known human species – just 1 metre tall as adults. That’s smaller than any of our ancestors, all the way back to the African apeAustralopithecus 3 million

After four years of research, scientists at Junagadh Agricultural University claim to have found gold in the urine of Gir cows. Scientists claim that the analysis of urine samples of 400 Gir cows done at the Food Testing Laboratory shows traces of gold ranging from 3 mg to 10 mg from one litre urine. The

The annual buffalo carnival in Hyderabad has a special participant this year - a Murrah buffalo worth a whopping Rs 7 crores. The prized animal was brought from Haryana to participate in the ‘Sadar Utsav Mela’ celebrated by the Yadav community of Hyderabad as a part of Diwali celebrations. The festival is also known as